An Elden Ring poster signed by recreation director and FromSoftware president Hidetaka Miyazaki is presently going for $15,000 at public sale.
YouTuber CDawgVA has listed the poster for charity on public sale web site Tiltify and, whereas bids began at simply $1, it is now promoting for a whopping $15,000 regardless of the public sale not concluding till July 19, 2024.
The cash will go in direction of the Immune Deficiency Foundation, a charity which gives sources, training, and assist for these with main immunodeficiencies, a bunch of greater than 450 uncommon, power circumstances the place part of the physique’s immune system is lacking or doesn’t operate appropriately.
DON’T ASK ME HOW I GOT MY HANDS ON THIS. pic.twitter.com/1DwscELpwN
— Connor (@CDawgVA) June 28, 2024
The “truthful market worth” for the poster, which past Miyazaki’s signature options maybe the bottom recreation’s hardest boss in Malenia, Blade of Miquella, is listed at $250, that means these bidding hundreds of {dollars} are probably doing so with the charity in thoughts.
Regardless, few video games and recreation designers may draw this a lot consideration within the first place. Miyazaki first gained renown for Demon’s Souls earlier than happening to direct Darkish Souls, Bloodborne, Darkish Souls 3, Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, and most not too long ago Elden Ring.
Whereas all these video games are beloved for being intensely difficult however rewarding and that includes deep wells of lore, Elden Ring took Miyazaki and FromSoftware to a different degree as its open world nature made the core expertise extra accessible.
It grew to become a smash hit, not simply incomes essential reward (together with a ten/10 evaluate from IGN) however industrial success too. Elden Ring had bought 25 million items earlier than its enlargement Shadow of the Erdtree launched, and this too went on to promote 5 million items in three days.
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Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll speak about The Witcher all day.